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            The Royal Courts of Justice, a large, national courtroom building of 1874 to 1883 designed and built by George Edmund Street and completed by Arthur E Street and Sir Arthur Blomfield. Portland stone ashlar and red bricks laid in English bond with granite, marble and red sandstone dressings. The building has four and five storeys and is arranged as two principal blocks grouped around a quadrangular courtyard to the east. The lengthy southern front facing the Strand (shown) is divided into several distinct parts and repeated motifs help to tie the design together into a unified whole: a screen of arches with wrought iron panels stands in front of the façade; tourelles with candle-snuffer roofs, circled by a blind arcade of miniature arches, appear at the corners and at either side of the two portals leading to the central hall. The entrance to the central hall is gradually stepped back from the street line. At the centre of this grouping is a large, recessed portal with a carved arch, flanked by granite columns. Above is a miniature open arcade. The southern gable end of the central hall is placed behind and has a five-light window in a richly-carved surround and a rose window to the gable. The apex carries a sculpture of Christ the Law Giver and to the ridge beyond is a flèche.

In the early C19 the London Law Courts were grouped alongside the Palace of Westminster. The architect John Soane had designed a new series of superior courts for common law and equity in 1820 which were connected to the west flank of Westminster Hall and used parts of its abundant space as partitioned courtrooms and also as a gathering place. As the C19 progressed, and the rise of Britain as an industrial and trading nation created more litigation and these courts became unsuitable.  A Parliamentary Select Committee was set up in 1841 and commissioned a design from Sir Charles Barry for a new court house.  Eventually this was not followed through but was influential in its plan.  The building by G. E. Street is acknowledged as one of the foremost examples of High Victorian Gothic Revival design.

Taken in: UK / England / The City / Fleet Street (show map)

Taken on: March 5, 2024

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